tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96076772014-11-03T17:19:45.682-05:00Fumbling Toward DivinityMusings about art, life, spirit and love by an adult adoptee living in reunion.Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.comBlogger1051125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-12612704544729351292014-09-28T16:58:00.002-04:002014-11-03T17:19:45.690-05:00Meet: Craig Hickman, Farmer and Legislator"IS AUGUSTA FRUSTRATING? “Of course,” he said. “But with persistence comes success, so I will try again and see what happens.” He hopes to bolster Maine food and sustainability, fight for greater food sovereignty and better infrastructure, including more opportunities for farmers to process their livestock. “I see small farms as the solution to some very big problems.”
I was honored to be Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-31019769400876249312014-09-18T09:18:00.001-04:002014-09-18T09:21:04.548-04:00A House FullEarlier in spring,
Loss came knocking
at my door.
Within weeks,
Loss came knocking
again.
A few days later,
Grief checked in.
Brought a lot of baggage,
took the biggest room,
the Edwardian,
the one with the private bath,
looking like he was going to stay awhile.
Little did we know.
A month or so ago,
Loss came knocking
two more times.
Didn’t see her coming either time
(a suicide, one; Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-75813928689797418492014-09-12T16:09:00.000-04:002014-09-12T16:11:01.915-04:00Aching BoneGrief can freeze you
to the bone.
But there's no shivering,
no shaking --
still debilitating.
More like numbness,
or at its most
intense,
paralysis --
still aching.
Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-9973370330703805952013-12-31T15:16:00.001-05:002013-12-31T15:16:32.402-05:00Three Years Ago Today....
We said goodbye to our beloved dog, J.B.
Two years ago, we lit a torch on his grave to observe the first anniversary of his death. I thought then that the following spring I would finally be able to plant a garden where his body rests.
I wasn't.
Sure, I was busier this past spring than I've ever been. Serving in the Maine Legislature remains the highest honor of my life. I will always work Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-49682105005588717422013-08-22T07:53:00.001-04:002013-08-22T07:53:38.462-04:0015 Years Ago Today
Friends came...
...bearing gifts.
They gathered in our backyard to see us marry.
Before our altar...
...we exchanged vows.
Daddy sang "Ebb Tide," my favorite love song.
We joined our lights...
...and became one heart.
Everybody...
...cried.
Two families became one.
How sweet it is.
Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-27319866130903426772013-04-20T09:10:00.000-04:002013-04-20T09:24:53.970-04:00The First Time I Saw Her Face
TWELVE YEARS ago today, I saw my birthmother's face in person for the first time in my life. It's hard to believe it's been so long. Hard to believe there have been so many twists and turns. Great celebrations. More separation. Confrontation. Reconciliation.
But this was how it was, as I documented in my book, on that Sabbath evening twelve years ago:
Their Eyes Were Watching God
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It is Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-23190562463551658752013-04-17T18:54:00.004-04:002013-04-17T19:08:52.913-04:00Boston
When I first received word of the Boston Marathon bombing, I was out in the field behind the barn turning over the soil for planting. It was the first time this season that I have been able to work the land, to get soil under my nails. To hear of such horrifying news when preparing to seed new life reminded me just how much we often take for granted. How life is so ripe with contradictions.
Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-7518530036534693702013-02-10T10:48:00.004-05:002013-02-11T21:36:44.615-05:00Hickman On The Hill
On Tuesday, January 29, I addressed the entire student body of Kents Hill School in Readfield as the Amnesty International Human Rights Speaker. It's always an honor to speak to young people. My remarks combined personal history, a focus on community, ideas for a sustainable Maine economy through agriculture and food, and a special demonstration of slam poetry at the request of a student duringCraig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-40625643082148015012012-12-18T09:08:00.001-05:002013-02-10T10:45:39.396-05:00President's Remarks - 2012 Maine Electoral College, December 17, 2012
My name is Craig Hickman. We meet today to make official the outcome of the popular vote in the general election held on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012.
We, the members of the 2012 Maine Electoral College, thank you Mr. Secretary, Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, and assembled guests for your attendance here today to bear witness as we conduct this momentous task.
I thank my fellow electors for Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-62880050995203206892012-12-14T14:20:00.000-05:002012-12-14T14:20:51.540-05:00Represenative Hickman To Preside Over Maine's Electoral CollegeRepresentative Craig V. Hickman to Preside Over Electoral CollegePublic invited to attend the ceremony in the House Chamber or view streaming video online on Monday, December 17, 2012.
WINTHROP – Representative Craig Hickman of Winthrop will preside over the Electoral College for the State of Maine on Monday, December 17, 2012 at 2:00 p.m., in the Chamber of the Maine House of Representatives. Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-7234040429189094912012-12-12T16:54:00.001-05:002012-12-12T16:56:23.818-05:00The Oath Of Office
Representative Craig V. Hickman of Winthrop takes the Oath of Office on December 5, 2012 in the chamber of the Maine House of Representatives. Photo by Christine Johnson Higgins. For more photos of the swearing-in ceremonies, click here.
Cross-posted to Hickman in the House
Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-90776582337014459102012-12-01T13:34:00.000-05:002012-12-01T14:16:42.522-05:00From The Bottom Of My Heart
If you had told me as recently as three years ago that I would be elected to serve the good people of Winthrop and Readfield in the Maine House Representatives, I would have said you were dreaming.
I’ve pinched myself over and over again and, yes, it’s still true: the good people of Winthrop and Readfield have voted to send me to Augusta. Which is exactly what the official greeting above that Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-23617387389325678962012-12-01T12:49:00.001-05:002012-12-01T12:50:06.608-05:00Madree Penn White
The following reprint from the 1943 30th Anniversary Issue of the Delta Journal was written by my biological great grandmother, Madree Penn White, the driving force and inspiration behind the founding of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. She wrote its first constitution and by-laws.
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Delta Faces the Future
Before me there sweeps an array of days;Dark days filled with bitterness; bright daysToo Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-23092420089944998772012-11-07T09:22:00.001-05:002012-11-07T09:22:48.672-05:00Elected
The voters of Readfield and Winthrop just elected me to the Maine House of Representatives with 2,915 votes or 59% of the votes cast. Scott Davis, who ran a positive campaign, finished with 2,057 votes.
I'm beside myself.
Surely, my father is dancing a jig in heaven. My mother wants pictures so she can brag about it at her nursing home in Milwaukee. My biological father is dancing a jig in Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-91565013406812791032012-06-14T08:40:00.001-04:002012-06-14T08:40:16.199-04:00Thank YouI'm still speechless and can't say much more than thank you from the bottom of my heart for your overwhelming support in the primary election Tuesday.
We received 757 votes, 78% of the votes cast in the Democratic primary.
You have no idea.
Congratulations to Mr. Cookson and his team for running a fine campaign.
On to November....
Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-79070096908635666482012-06-11T14:53:00.002-04:002012-06-11T14:53:42.247-04:00Vote HickmanJune 12th
As owner of Annabessacook Farm Organic Farm Stand and Bed & Breakfast, I believe small businesses and family farms are burdened with expensive regulations designed to help corporations drive them out of business. I've managed start-ups, directed human resources, operations, and marketing departments. I've been a sole proprietor and a partner. I know small businesses and small farms Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-22556936164804570262012-06-09T14:57:00.000-04:002012-06-09T14:59:27.654-04:00Hickman in the Electoral College
Winthrop Democrat Elected Presidential Elector at State Convention
WINTHROP — Craig Hickman, vice chair of the Winthrop Democrats and two-time candidate for the Maine House of Representatives, was elected as one of Maine’s Democratic Presidential Electors at the party’s state convention this past weekend. The state delegation also elected Diane Denk of Kennebunk, Jill Duson of Portland, and Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-88970876679987706182012-05-13T16:55:00.002-04:002012-05-13T16:57:39.763-04:00Happy Mother's Day
I'm blessed to have been raised by the wise woman who raised me. "You need to go sit down somewhere and be quiet," was one of her many pearls. She might say it if you were overworked, overtired, overwhelmed, overemotional or simply over it all. She knew exactly when and when not to say it. Ignoring her words would only make matters worse. Heeding them always made rejuvenation easier. In her Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-74620225281670389332012-04-02T12:18:00.002-04:002012-04-02T12:20:15.814-04:00We Can Do BetterCraig Hickman Announces Another Bid for the State HouseWINTHROP — Craig Hickman, organic farmer, small business owner, chef and author, is making another bid to serve the residents of Readfield and Winthrop in the Maine House of Representatives.“I’m stepping up again because I want to take the work I’m doing in the community to the next level and serve the people in the Legislature,” said HickmanCraig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-69211474623555182692012-03-14T13:31:00.002-05:002012-03-14T13:32:29.290-05:00Five Years Ago TodayHazelle HickmanFebruary 14, 1920 - March 14, 2007How time flies. Thinking of my mother and sister today. Praying for my mother's continued recovery.Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-14758302616418565632012-02-12T11:55:00.002-05:002012-02-12T11:57:53.308-05:00Sunday With Marian :: AmericaCraig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-32714734510616096692012-01-16T11:46:00.001-05:002012-01-16T11:47:30.556-05:00Say It AgainOn some positions, Cowardice asks the question, "Is it safe?" Expediency asks the question, "Is it politic?" And Vanity comes along and asks the question, "Is it popular?" But Conscience asks the question "Is it right?" And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.-Rev. Martin LutherCraig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-20422053600806061302012-01-15T11:22:00.007-05:002012-01-16T11:10:46.600-05:00Back In Business: Hot Meal Kitchen To Reopen At St. FrancisON BEHALF of the Board of Directors of the Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen, it brings me great pleasure to announce that we will recommence daily, sit-down service at St. Francis Xavier Parish Hall on Wednesday, January 18. Once again, a nutritious hot will be served each weekday at 11:30 am. Meals are free and all are welcome, no questions asked. We will continue to provide a prepared meal to-go at Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-6125119623863786022012-01-01T11:13:00.000-05:002012-01-01T11:14:41.018-05:00Happy New YearCraig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9607677.post-67313333317803853512011-12-31T12:40:00.003-05:002011-12-31T12:51:44.528-05:00A Year Ago Today....We said goodbye to out beloved dog, J.B. Today, we lit a torch on his grave. Someday this spring, I hope to finally be able to plant a garden where his body rests.Craig Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17336837289054015211noreply@blogger.com3